BOARD OF CIVIL AUTHORITY
In Vermont, in the case of a city this tenn includes the mayor and aldermen and justices residing therein; in the case of a town, the selectmen and town clerk and the
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MARK
1. A character, usually in the form of a cross, made as a substitute for his signature by a person who cannot write, in executing a conveyance or other legal docu- ment.
POLLIGAR, POLYGAR
In Hindu law. The head of a village or district; also a military chieftain In the peninsula, answering to a hill zemindar in the northern drears. Wharton.
OUTLOT
In early American land law, (particularly in Missouri,) a lot or parcel of land lying outside the corporate limits of a town or village but subject to its municipal jurisdiction or control.
NOMINA VIEEARUM
In English law. An account of the names of all the villages and the possessors thereof, in each county, drawn up by several sheriffs, (9 Edw. II.,) and returned by them into
LOT OF LAND
A small tract or parcel of land in a village, town, or city, suitable for building, or for a garden, or other similar uses. See Pilz v. Killingsworth, 20 Or. 432, 26
MUNICIPALITY
A municipal corporation : a city, town, borough, or incorporated village. Also the body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city.
DEDICATION-DAY
The feast of dedication of churches, or rather the feast day of the saint and patron of a church, which was celebrated not only by the inhabitants of the place, but by
